The Happy Hitcher - maybe

**Big Dave** · 1st July 2007, 10:23

Just installed the new Firefox - spill chucker works in the dialogue box. - But it appears to be 'merican.

Haven't looked yet - Anybody sussed how to make it engrish?

Edit: Got one - general preferences - language. But it still spills colour wrong.

**MSTRS:Me** · 1st July 2007, 10:29

Right click on the underlined word...then enter 'your' spelling of it in the checker. Won't come up again. Good eh?

**Big Dave** · 1st July 2007, 10:31

Originally Posted by MSTRS

Right click on the underlined word...then enter 'your' spelling of it in the checker. Won't come up again. Good eh?

or there is an aussie dictionary here

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:3

(sucked in Kiwis - none for you - struth stone the crows come the raw prawn fair dinkum by jingoes)

**James Deuce** · 1st July 2007, 10:41

Be careful about fiddling with changing language defaults in Firefox. If you change it to English (UK) it expects a physical keyboard change as well. US and UK keyboards have a couple of different key placements.

**Hitcher** · 1st July 2007, 16:55

Hitcher is beside himself with ecstasy. Or fantasy. No, it smells like pee.

**crashe** · 1st July 2007, 17:18

Yep, firefox2 is quite good...... it now brings up a noice red line under the wrong spelt word when typing up our posts.

It don't like the word 'spelt' at all.

**Hitcher** · 1st July 2007, 17:25

Originally Posted by crashe

Yep, firefox2 is quite good...... it now brings up a noice red line under the wrong spelt word when typing up our posts.

It don't like the word 'spelt' at all.

jrandom and others favour "spelled". There is no hard-and-fast, but the BDOTGNZA's preference is "spelt".

**jrandom** · 1st July 2007, 17:30

Originally Posted by Hitcher

jrandom and others favour "spelled". There is no hard-and-fast, but the BDOTGNZA's preference is "spelt".

'Spelt'?

I'm afraid I just can't get past the mental imagery of chewy hippie bread.

**Hitcher** · 1st July 2007, 17:33

Originally Posted by jrandom

'Spelt'?

I'm afraid I just can't get past the mental imagery of chewy hippie bread.

And I can't get past the mental imagery of something having a wee lie down.

**cowpoos** · 1st July 2007, 17:35

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Hitcher is beside himself with ecstasy. Or fantasy. No, it smells like pee.

that has to be a nomination for post of the year!!!!!!!!!! lmfao!!! what a classic!!!

whats in your sunday arvo whiskey hitch??? lol

**avgas** · 1st July 2007, 17:37

Oh god don't tell me you guys have been using other browsers up until now?

**xwhatsit** · 1st July 2007, 18:20

Originally Posted by Jim2

Be careful about fiddling with changing language defaults in Firefox. If you change it to English (UK) it expects a physical keyboard change as well. US and UK keyboards have a couple of different key placements.

Testicles. On my Linux laptop and Miss X's Mac OS X laptop, both have en-GB as Language Default, en-GB dictionaries, and en-GB interface. Neither are using UK keyboards.

On another note, why do we use US keyboards here? They are arse. I grew up on C64s, which had a semi-UK keyboard. Inspired design; quote marks you can hit without having to drop your whole hand down; and most importantly, the elimination of that silly long backslash key, shortening of shift keys, so they can squeeze in a new key up where you right-hand little finger is. Brilliant for coders. What's the point of having two Alt keys as well? Most UK keyboards have another mod key in the form of AltGr. Delicious.